Sekou Sundiata was
writer-in-residence and professor at Eugene Lang College The New School for
Liberal Arts for 20 years. As an educator, he embraced multiple, contradictory
identities and insisted on the integration of art, activism, and personal voice
both as a critical citizen and engaged teacher.

This conversation will explore
how he successfully crossed social, civic, and educational boundaries to
"create dangerously." The panel
discussion will be moderated by David Scobey, Executive Dean, The New
School for Public Engagement. Panelists include Julie Ellison, Professor
of American Culture, English, and Art and Design at the University of Michigan; Richard Harper, Assistant Professor, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music; Gladstone
Fluney Hutchinson, Associate Professor of Economics at Lafayette College; and Brian Lewis, former student
of Sundiata and current New School professor.

Presented by The New School for
Public Engagement and Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts and
produced by MAPP International Productions.

Writer/Teacher/Artist/Activist – Dialogue is presented as part of BLINK YOUR EYES: Sekou Sundiata Revisited, a New York City-wide retrospective produced by MAPP International Productions. Blink Your Eyes public dialogues are supported by a grant from the New York Council for the Humanities. MAPP International Productions gratefully acknowledges the generous funders who have been instrumental in bringing Blink Your Eyes to life through their support for this project and for our organization: Rockefeller Foundation New York City Cultural Innovation Fund, Surdna Foundation, Lambent Foundation Fund of the Tides Foundation, Leveraging Investments in Creativity, Ford Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Axe-Houghton Foundation and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.